Men's Cross Country

Fourth at PWC Championship

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Garrett McAllister

The University of Hawaii at Hilo men’s cross country team finished fourth in the 2009 Hawaiian Airlines Pacific West Cross Country Championships held in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.

The Vulcans tallied 97 points in the seven-team race with Academy of Art University claiming the conference title with 20 points. They were followed by Brigham Young University-Hawaii (51), Hawaii Pacific University (76), UHH, Notre Dame de Namur University (130), Grand Canyon University (133) and Chaminade University (177).

Stafano Barbis led the Vulcan squad with a 9th place finish in the 8k race with a time of 26:34.2. Three spots back in 12th place was Garrrett McAllister with a time of 26:52.9.

Also in the race for the Vulcans were Keoni Ucker (17th, 27:03.0), Nick Hagemann (29th, 28:37.4), Zach Johnson (30th, 28:43.7), Justin Pang (40th, 30:45.1) and Derek Dominguez (43rd, 31.43.1).

Academy of Art runners captured five of the top seven places with Amos Maru winning the race in a time of 25:17.0.